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From: AV3 on 9 May 2010 21:13
On May/9/2010 5:5817 PM, krishnananda wrote:
> In article<MBEFn.1255$mi.50(a)newsfe01.iad>,
> John Wolf<jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ...
>
> 8. Switch to Unix and use vi.


Vi has been in the kernel since MacOs 10.1. If by "switching to Unix"
you mean accessing vi through Terminal.app, there are GUI-oriented
versions, too, like macvim.


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From: Chris F.A. Johnson on 9 May 2010 21:31
On 2010-05-10, Steve Hix wrote:
> In article <krishna-ED8E19.17581709052010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> krishnananda <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote:
....
>> 5. Use a text editor.
>>
>> 7. Switch to Windows and use a text editor. Or if you really want to
>> screw things up, use Microsoft Word.
>>
>> 8. Switch to Unix and use vi.
>
> Emacs!!

Absolutely!!!

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From: Steve Hix on 9 May 2010 23:05
In article <84p5vbFepeU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2010-05-10, Steve Hix wrote:
> > In article <krishna-ED8E19.17581709052010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> > krishnananda <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote:
> ...
> >> 5. Use a text editor.
> >>
> >> 7. Switch to Windows and use a text editor. Or if you really want to
> >> screw things up, use Microsoft Word.
> >>
> >> 8. Switch to Unix and use vi.
> >
> > Emacs!!
>
> Absolutely!!!

Sorry, couldn't help myself for a moment.

Don't know what came over me; I've been using vi since '85, and have
never used emacs.

Probably the influence of evil companions.
From: Ben C on 10 May 2010 03:34
On 2010-05-10, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> In article <krishna-ED8E19.17581709052010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> krishnananda <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote:
[...]
>> 8. Switch to Unix and use vi.
>
> No. Mac OSX is the best of the best.

Mac OSX _is_ UNIX, so you already switched to it.
From: dorayme on 10 May 2010 04:13
In article <slrnhufdnh.579.spamspam(a)bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam(a)spam.eggs> wrote:

> On 2010-05-10, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <krishna-ED8E19.17581709052010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> > krishnananda <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote:
> [...]
> >> 8. Switch to Unix and use vi.
> >
> > No. Mac OSX is the best of the best.
>
> Mac OSX _is_ UNIX, so you already switched to it.

Yes, the stuff on the top is just epiphenomena...

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